Whitney immediately stopped her continuous demand to be released and looked out of the window.
Everywhere was dark and there was no one in sight.
Therefore, even if she wants to report this cocky man, no one would be able to assist her as there won't be any witnesses.
That's even if the security will believe her.
She panicked immediately thinking of begging him to release her. But then with her stubborn personality, she refused to apologize for doing nothing.
So instead she started the volume of her shouting for help while banging on the window loudly.
Maverick looked up getting annoyed and irritated while wondering if he had just made a mistake.
The bodyguard that had forced Maverick to bring her in the cause of his complaints looked away in fear.
He dare not look at his face afraid to see the scary, cold, and possibly annoyed look on his face.
“Tch! So noisy,” Maverick said quietly.
She glared at him and stopped her screaming for a moment because her voice became raspy from shouting.
She was about to say something when his phone vibrated.
He sighed and suddenly looked exhausted as he glanced at the message that entered his cell.
Wondering why the sudden change in his expression, Whitney swallowed what she wanted to say reluctantly.
She altogether decided to quit screaming and watched him lie back on the seat closing his eyes after she had noticed the sudden change in his expression.
***
'Brother, Tia is crying non-stop again and Ricky is refusing to go to bed and demands he would only after he sees you,' this was the message Maverick read. It's from his younger sister, Lena.
He sighed and closed his eyes.
Ever since Amber died in that fatal accident, he had to raise their two young children alone.
It would have been far more difficult without Lena because during that accident because he didn't only lose his wife, but he also lost the use of his legs.
Now he has to rely on a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
Ricky has been a very understanding kid. He didn't even ask questions or say anything when he couldn't find his mother.
But with Tia, it's been hard.
As a four-month-old baby, she still needs her mother's breastmilk.
Though he contemplated more than once on getting a wet nurse for her, Lena refused, saying she could take care of the baby herself.
But now he really should consider hiring a wet nurse as it's difficult for Lena to juggle between school activities and also take care of the kids.
He sighed again thinking,' Amber why did you leave? I can't do this without you.'
He closed his eyes and murmured murderously, “I will make them regret ever messing with me. They better stay hidden forever. Otherwise, once I get a hold of them, they will wish for a quick death."
Confused, Whitney shivered in fear and looked at him while at the same time wondering, who he was talking about.
Neither he nor Whitney said a word to each other as the limo slowly drove away.
Thus, two quiet broken hearts sat silently in need of how to comfort themselves.
***
As they arrived at their destination, Whitney gaped at the gigantic mansion, amazed at its beauty and magnificence of it.
She couldn't stop staring at it.
Even though she's from a well-to-do family, their class was on a different level.
You see, we have the average class rich, the middle class rich, and the high class rich.
Whitney's family falls into the middle class rich even though she didn't get to enjoy the benefits of the wealth.
Maverick unhurriedly opened his eyes seeing that the limo stopped and the first thing that came into his line of view was Whitney staring out of the window with her mouth open.
“Tch... Close your mouth or you might end up swallowing a fly. Besides no one wants to see your yellow teeth,” he said enjoying the change of expression on her face.
Whitney closed her mouth abruptly and turned to look at him. There was no longer the sign of the angry, sad, or exhausted expression on his face earlier.
But instead, he has his cockiness and arrogance on display, and after his rude comment just now, let's add rudeness to the list.
She looked at him. He has a handsome face like that of an angel but the beauty doesn't match his character at all.
She imagined herself beating him to a pulp and couldn't help but smile happily at the thought.
But then, she only lived the joy for a moment as she was interrupted by the flickering of his fingers at her face.
“Why are you smiling that way? It doesn't suit your chubby face,” he remarked rudely.
Shocked, Whitney glanced at her smile on the window screen.
What does he mean? Her smile looks beautiful. She turned around and glared at him before asking,“ Why have you brought me here? Take me back right now!”
Maverick rolled his eyes wondering who was just looking amazed right now by what she sees and why she was pretending that she wants to go back. He knows she was attracted to him. Who wouldn't though?
Despite how his accident made him unable to stand upright again, that fact didn't stop women from chasing him relentlessly. They still sent him numerous love letters and flowers that used to annoy Amber when she was alive.
Maverick smiled remembering the day Amber beat up one of his female staff just because she made coffee for him and put love designs on it.
Meanwhile, Whitney shivered as she watched him smile while he seems to be in deep thoughts.
His smile terrified her.
What the heck is he even thinking about?
“You should frown more often. A smile doesn't suit your face because you look like the joker right now,” Whitney couldn't help but retaliate.
Her words immediately wiped off the smile on his face and replaced it with a frown.
He looked at the rude woman before him and felt like yanking her hair so hard that she would cry out of pain.
He frowned and looked at his legs in regret.
Whitney followed his point of view and instantly guessed what he was thinking.
She smiled knowing no matter what she says or did, he can't do anything.
He glared at her and answered,“ Watch what you say fatty. You should check your weight and go on a diet before insulting someone else.”
Whitney gasped and puffed up her cheeks angrily.What a rude man? He dares to call her fatty...She already knows how chubby she is so he doesn't have to rub it in her face.“Being angry doesn't suit you. You look like a swollen puffed bun right now,” he said repeating her words to her.Whitney gasped dramatically and pointed her finger at him,“ You rude... Cocky...” She couldn't complete her statement cause the door suddenly opened and two hefty-looking bodyguards helped Maverick into his wheelchair.Whitney followed not waiting or expecting anyone to invite her out.As they slowly walked towards the house, she kept glancing at Maverick.Even with him being situated in a wheelchair, he looks so powerful.The cold expression on his face and his heavenly beauty make him look just like a powerful sleeping lion. Just that in his case, he is sitting not sleeping. ******“Babe!! I think the door is jammed. I can't open it,” Gia said as she tried opening the room door. She has dresse
A maid came forward and collected Owen's briefcase while greeting him as soon as he walked into the huge mansion whistling softly. While there in the hallway, he couldn't help but watched the maid go as her mini skirt swayed sideways, then shook his head and frowned as he couldn't believe he was just looking at a maid lustfully. He walked into the main sitting room and was very relieved to see both parents there. He didn't even notice the worried looks on their face as he rushed forward to complain about what had happened today. He greeted them and quickly said,“ Dad Whitney bashed my car. She has destroyed it so badly that I'll have to pay more money to repair it than how much I bought it.” “That daughter of mine is becoming a rogue nowadays. Why is she just causing trouble everywhere?” his father asked frowning slightly. Owen was very relieved to see his reaction. “That's not the most important thing right now. I can't find my
Whitney frowned and thought,' I must have been blind before. What cute boy? He is just a little mean boy. He is as arrogant as his father.'“Papa I need answers right now!!,” he shouted with a cold expression. She also noticed that the cold expression on his face is similar to that of his father.Maverick chuckled again while she continue to glare at him.He can't even scold his son for being rude when he already has a degree of rudeness. Maverick looked at the expression on her face knowing that she was thinking of something bad about him.He grinned and thought to himself, 'I don't care. She doesn't think of anything good about me anyway.' He even high-fives his son to show that he's proud of what he just said.“Dad!! Who is this fatty?” Jimmy asked again and Maverick's grinned wider than before. This is his son. He even said the correct nickname.“Jimmy, she is...” Maverick trailed off realizing that he doesn't even know her name. Shit! He didn't ask for her name. He looked at Whi
Later that night Whitney lay on the queen-size bed fiddling with the engagement ring on her finger.She sighed thinking of everything that had happened.Maverick and Jimmy had been helpful to her once today.Though their attitude towards her wasn't the best, they helped her forget the sad incidents that happened to her.Now that she's alone, the memories came rushing back. She wiped off her tears and wondered out loud, “Why did they do this to me?” From a young age even when Gia did something wrong, she would try to cover up for her. Always been supportive of her and didn't mind getting all the blame.She remembered some years back when they were still teenagers, how Owen was seriously sick, and how everyone was scared that he wouldn't make it. They all gave up hope on him but she didn't. She stayed with the nurses for three days without sleeping to take care of him when no one wanted to. It was on the third day when her body system could no longer take the strain that she collapsed.
Well, should we say fortunately or unfortunately, that it was at this moment that Maverick passed by and noticed Whitney in the kitchen trying to cook.'She has the guts to enter my kitchen like it's hers,' he thought and slowly steered his wheelchair towards the kitchen.He saw all the scenarios of her trying to reach the spices jar and decided to not say anything and just watch her as she struggled. But when he saw her falling, he didn't know why but he felt himself rushing towards her and she ended up falling on his lap.He groaned out from the impact of her fall on his lap while she screamed out of fear.Slowly, She opened her eyes and saw him directly in her line of view. She was both surprised and relieved that she did not fall on the floor.“Don't you know you have weight? Get up from my lap right now. This isn't all those reality shows where the male leads kiss the female leads after catching them in their arms. I'm not kissing you,” he uttered harshly.Whitney frowned and swa
Whitney gulped suddenly feeling nervous. She wondered what he is planning to do and watched him as he removed a stray strand of hair blocking her view and then moved his lips to brush against hers lightly.She was momentarily stunned as she felt the warm and light sensation on her lips. NOt able to comprehend what just happened, she got lost in thoughts and licked her lips unconsciously.She blushed in embarrassment at her action as she was brought out of her reverie by his sudden laughter.“You should see your face right now. It's completely pale from just a tiny little peck. I thought you were screaming just now that you don't want to kiss me but your reaction right now is saying the opposite,” he taunts her.Whitney glared at him frowning before she cleaned her lips. “I don't care about that stupid peck. So now let me go,” she mumbled grumpily.“I'm not holding you,” he smiled cheekily. Whitney looked down and saw that he was not holding her anymore. This jerk! He dares play her li
Lena looked at Whitney suspiciously and she hurriedly shook her head sideways.“Don't listen to him. He doesn't know what he's saying. Why would I hit the vase on his head?” she said pinching Maverick slightly.Maverick winced in pain and glared at her. Lena looked at the two of them confused about why they are making such a fuss over nothing.I don't care what you do to him. If you want to hit him on the head with the vase, then do it. I think you need to reset brother's brain,” Lena answered making her laugh out loud.Maverick became slightly annoyed and was about to say something when Tia suddenly started to cry and since Lena was the closest to the baby, she quickly went over and carried the baby.As she carried Tia, her wails increased despite how Lena walked around trying to pacify the baby.Not able to take it anymore, Whitney walked over to her seeing that all her efforts to pacify the baby are not working.Immediately she carried her, Tia stopped crying to the surprise of Mav
Maverick looked at her carefully and noticed that her face looks red and a little bit swelled.Why? Did she cry? Who made her cry? He turned his wheelchair around and left.Lena walked toward her and was about to tap her when the baby whined loudly bringing Sharon out of her trance state. She cleaned her face immediately and collected the baby from her.Her body shook slightly as she hugged the baby close, “What's wrong... What's... What's wrong with... With Tia? Her body is unusually warm,” she stuttered planting tiny kisses on Tia's face.Lena looked at her knowing something was wrong.Why was she stuttering? “It's just because she has crying ever since you left. I'll check if there is medicine for it.” Then she left the sitting room. As soon as she left, Whitney looked down and noticed Tia looking at her curiously. She smiled and kissed her again.“Honey, did you miss me that much?” she asked the baby who could only giggle not understanding what she just said.“Do you think if I a
Owen sat impatiently on a chair as he kept on calling Zoey's number but it was not reachable.He kept on trying but it was not reachable. After the doctor informed them about Gia's health he got angry more. He was waiting for her to wake up so that he can't hurt her and say hurtful things to her just like he did to Whitney but he can't.She already lost her mind even if he did she won't understand what he is talking about.He wanted to have his money back and get the company back from Alex. He has the hope that he will get Janiece back once he does that.But Miss Zoey's number is not reachable, he checked the address on the business card and decided to go to her maybe something is wrong with her phone.When he got to the address he saw nothing there. There was no sign of a company."Excuse me, sir?" He stopped a passerby. "Yes, Mister" the woman answered."Was there a company here named Zoey?" He asked. " We don't have a company in this neighborhood" she replied.After noticing his e
Alex stared at the report in his hand with his mouth wide open. His suspicion was right, Asher is his son.He returned the DNA test to the brown envelope and walked out of his office.He went to Karl's company and took Alice out, he was able to do that because it was her lunchtime."You have been staring at me for a while now and I think my body must have tons of holes" Alice joked as she felt uncomfortable with his stares.He stood up and walked to her side, he knelt and Alice's heart started beating so fast, she thought he was going to propose but he did the unexpected.He dropped a brown envelope on the table beside her food. "Read it," he said and she took it with fear.She opened it and saw it as a DNA test, she didn't check the name and just saw positive."Whose DNA test is this? Did you find one of your family? Is it a sibling?" She asked." Do you remember my strange questions about Asher's father?" He asked and she nodded." I am the monster who raped you. I am the monster wh
"That's not it, I just want to know if you hate him," he said. " I don't I'm just mad at him for not waiting until I woke up, I want to ask him why he did what he did" she replied truthfully"So if he apologizes will you forgive him?" He asked, " it's hard to decide but I don't want to think about it. Why are you asking such an impossible thing? "She wondered." How sure are you that it is impossible?" He asked and she chuckled, " he didn't show up for the past six years, you think he will show up now? I doubt it" she chuckled." Alice remember that I just want you to be happy," he saidThere was a brief silence. Alice was confused about why Alex is suddenly talking like that. Is something wrong?Is he giving up on her? She doesn't think she will ever find anyone who will treat her the same way he did."What are you talking about? Are you leaving again?" She asked." If you find out the truth you might hate me," he said"I don't think I can ever hate you," she said. He shook his head a
"Are you in love with him?" He asked as his voice broke. The truth will hurt him, if Alice is really in love with Alex then there is no space for him in her heart.And it looks like he had successfully turned her against him judging from how angry she is right now."Answer me!" He demanded when she didn't say anything but just stared at him as tears ran down from her eyes."You have no right over me. I don't owe you an explanation of what I feel. So, you don't get to ask me any questions about who I love" she said." So you do love him," he said, "why do you care? Why do you make me feel like it's my fault when it is all yours!" She pointed at him." Why do you make me feel guilty for something you are responsible for!? Why are you punishing me, Owen? Why?" She asked as her tears became uncontrollable." What are you talking about?" He asked finding every word of her's confusing. "Really you are going to pretend to be clueless? Geez who am I kidding, what was I expecting? That you wou
The duvet was on the floor, and papers were torn on the floor too, he walked closer and saw her swollen eyes. Her hair was tattered as if she were insane. She looks like she hasn't bathed since the day she was born."What the f*ck is this Gia? Have you finally lost your mind?" He asked as he rushed to open the windows for good ventilation."Owen stop shouting! I told you not to shout at me, it will affect my baby" she said but it came out as a whisper.She started rubbing her stomach as she said, "she is the only option I have to get Karl back"" Hey look at me," he said as he squat in front of her, he wanted to let her go and run to the bathroom to puke but before he does that, he needs to knock some senses into her."Karl is gone, all you have is your baby and us. So stop acting like a spoilt brat and get your ass off the ground, take a bath and come downstairs for breakfast" he said before standing up " Why should I?" Gia asked, "because your family needs you. Mom is downstairs wa
He was in the same club as Alice that day if that is true, the mistake he made can't be with her right? "It's been long enough" she replied to his question and he gulped down. "Alex do you still have feelings for me?" She asked after noticing the way he looked at her. "What if I do?" He asked with a nervous chuckle. "I knew it," she said, " Let's go to my office" she added and he nodded before igniting the car. *** Cole sat in a restaurant waiting for the person that called him. He already sent a message that they should meet in a restaurant. He has been sitting for five minutes and she is not there yet, he stood up about to leave when a middle-aged woman walked in. She looked suspicious because she kept staring at the back to see if anyone is following her. Cole recognized immediately to be doctor Ann's mother, Mrs. Jane. But why is she here? She can't be the person that called him can she? She doesn't look like the type of person who would murder someone else. It has to be
"I did nothing wrong! All I did was for the sake of our family" he retorted. " Family? Family you say? You did it all got your selfish interest" he spat. " Don't speak to me in that manner Cole I am your father and everything I did was for your sake, our family's sake" he said "Stop saying that! Do you even know what family means? You killed your flesh and blood. Your brother and sister-in-law and you said it is for the good of the family? For which family? The one you murdered or the one you are about to murder?" He asked. " Don't judge me when you don't understand my decisions!" He yelled, "don't expect me to understand your decisions when you don't explain them!" He yelled back too. They glared at each other for a while before Cole said, "don't bother explaining because no explanation can justify a murder" " I am not here to argue with you," he said in a calm tone, when are you returning home?" He asked. " I am not coming back to that hell you call a home" Cole spat. " You
Ann stared at nothing, it was not like she can see anything since it is dark. If she helps the big boss get rid of Whitney just like she got rid of Amber. She will finally be able to execute her plan.She will be beside Maverick whenever he's mourning. That was her original plan when she got rid of Amber but she couldn't do it because Maverick was affected and she felt guilty.She thought it was only Amber that will be in the car when the accident will happen and she will play the role of a good friend by consoling him.That was how she planned on winning his heart but everything changed when she found out Maverick was affected.But now she won't do something that will affect everyone else. She is going to do something that will affect just Whitney.But the big boss isn't after Whitney alone, he wants both Whitney and Maverick gone. She needs to do something so that Maverick won't be affected again.The last time he was lucky enough to just lose his leg, this time he might lose his li
"What did you just say?" Whitney asked as it felt like her ear was not functioning properly. "I said what if I married you because I love you?" He repeated the question and she smile nervously."Of course, it is a what if" she chuckled, awkwardly and he quickly corrected himself." I'm in love with you Whitney!" He blunted. "Stop pulling my legs, I never said I want you to tell me you love me," she said." I am not pulling your legs, I am seriously in love with you. I don't know if I was feeling it when I proposed or I didn't notice it but all I know right now is that I am insanely in love with you" he blunted." When did you start reading romance novels?" She asked and he frowned. Why is she talking about useless things when he is serious? "Whitney!" He frowned as she laughed covering her mouth and holding her stomach. "I am sorry if it sounds rude but you really looked like you memorized that line, and just decided to tell me, and after I will tell you how good your performance is